Enhancement of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetic Practice in Palestine Erasmus Project

Project Title

Enhancement of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetic Practice in Palestine

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The complexity of nutrition as a discipline and practice tends to be overlooked; doctors, nurses and community health workers need specific preparation or guidance to deliver the nutrition services that health facilities are expected to deliver. When nutrition professionals are unavailable for field programs, international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) may hire other workers, whose nutrition competencies may be highly variable. Studies on nutrition workforce capacity conducted in Palestine confirm the severe shortage of skilled clinical nutrition professionals. In addition, because of a shortage of nutritionists, the bulk of the nutrition interventions were done by health workers who lacked the skills to provide quality nutrition services.This project aims to enhance the clinical nutrition practice in Palestine and its role in the medical care process and has successfully achieved the following outputs:1. Assessment of academic and professional needs2. Training of academic staff and professionals and mobilization to European partner institutes3. Preparation of Clinical Nutrition manual 4. Development of Arabic food analyzer software5. Developing of Clinical Nutrition curricula 6. Development of food and nutrition laboratories7. Exposing best local students to EU reaching environment.At the longer run, the project has accomplished the following results:1. Reduced gap between academia and practical clinical nutrition sector2. Turning the focus of the stakeholders onto clinical nutrition as a component of health care process3. Knowledge and skill transfer to local nutrition workforce4. Raised community awareness towards nutrition knowledge and practice5. Networking with international academic and professional bodies

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 936429 Eur

Project Coordinator

AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY GAZA & Country: PS

Project Partners

• EL-WAFA CHARITABLE SOCIETY
• UNIVERSITY OF RUSE ANGEL KANCHEV
• WYZSZA SZKOLA BIZNESU I NAUK O ZDROWIU
• UNIVERZITETNI REHABILITACIJSKI INSTITUT REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE-SOCA
• PALESTINE TECHNICAL COLLEGE -DEIR ELBALAH
• HEBRON UNIVERSITY